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20.a3 [A better move was 20.b4! Qc4 (20...axb4 21.Qxa6 Rxa6 22.cxb4) 21.Qb3 with a complex position and chances for both sides) 20...Qc8 21.Kg1 Qh3 22.b4 Re8 23.Qxa5 h5 24.Qa6 h4 25.Qf1 Qg4 26.Qf2 (26.Bf2? hxg3 27.hxg3 Rh6 wins for black) 26...Rg6
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Rev W Wayte - Rev C E Ranken
Played about 1885 in a swashbuckling style typical of the 19th century.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 (The
Ponziani opening, a favourite of Wayte) 3...Nf6 4.d4 Nxe4 (An alternative
is 4...d6 5.Be3 Be7 (5...Nxe4?? loses a piece to 6.d5 Ne7 7.Qa4+) 6.d5
Nb8 7.Nbd2 with an advantage in space for white.) 5.d5 Bc5 (An adventurous
sacrifice)
20.a3 [A better move was 20.b4! Qc4 (20...axb4 21.Qxa6 Rxa6 22.cxb4)
21.Qb3 with a complex position and chances for both sides) 20...Qc8 21.Kg1
Qh3 22.b4 Re8 23.Qxa5 h5 24.Qa6 h4 25.Qf1 Qg4 26.Qf2 (26.Bf2? hxg3
27.hxg3 Rh6 wins for black) 26...Rg6
(The alternative, which may be sounder, is 5...Nb8; The retreat to e7 is less
good, for example: 5...Ne7 6.Nxe5 Ng6 7.Bd3 Nxf2 8.Bxg6 Nxd1 9.Bxf7+ Ke7 10.Bg5+
Kd6 11.Nc4+ Kc5 12.Nba3 Nxb2?? (12...Nxc3 13.Bxd8; 12...a5 13.Bxd8 with
a piece to the good) 13.Be3# Bachmann-Kunstmann, Augsberg, 1899) 6.dxc6
(6.Be3 Bxe3 7.fxe3 Nb8 leaves white with inadequate compensation for the
pawn) 6...Bxf2+ 7.Ke2 d5
(7...bxc6 has been played in recent games) 8.cxb7 (8.Nbd2 f5 9.Nxe5 fxe5
and black does not have sufficient compensation for the sacrificed bishop) 8...Bxb7
9.Qa4+ (Not 9.Nxe5 Qe7 10.Qa4+ c6 when black is placed better) 9...c6
10.Nbd2 (The variant 10.Nxe5 Qh4 11.Kd1 Bg3 is good for black) 10...f5
11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Kxf2 (12.Nxe5 Bb6 13.Nxc6? Qd7 loses a piece) 12...0-0
13.Be3 exf3 14.g3 [14.gxf3!? e4 15.f4 with a very strong attack for black,
which might be defended with perfect defensive play, but you would be brave to
play this line as white over-the-board) 14...Qc8 15.Bc5 (A commanding square
for this bishop that curbs black's pawns' "lust to expand". To take
the pawn 15.Bxa7? is bad because whit's key defensive piece gets pinned against
the white queen by the black rook on a8) 15...Rf6 16.Rd1 a5 17.Rd2
Ba6 18.Bxa6 Qxa6 19.Re1 (19.c4 is better) 19...e4
27.b5? (27.Kh1 hxg3 28.Qxg3 gives a more easily defended position with
three pawns for the piece) 27...hxg3 28.hxg3 (28.Qxg3? Qf5 wins whites
queen for a rook) 28...Rh6 29.Be3 Rh3 30.Bf4 Qh5 31.Qh2 Rxh2 32.Rxh2 Qg6 33.b6
e3 34.Rxe3 Rxe3 35.Bxe3 Qxg3+ 36.Kh1 Qe1+ 37.Bg1 Qxc3 and black soon won
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Source: Tartakover S & du Mont J (1952). 500 Master games of chess. Book I, open games. London: G Bell & Sons.